Strawberry Shortcake - cooking recipe
Ingredients
-
3 pt. box fresh strawberries
1/4 c. sugar or honey
2 tsp. orange juice
2 c. sifted flour
4 Tbsp. sugar
4 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1/4 c. butter
1/4 c. solid shortening
1/2 c. sour cream
2 c. whipping cream
4 Tbsp. sugar
grated rind from 1 orange
Preparation
-
Combine sliced berries, sugar or honey and orange juice. Let stand
at room temperature for 1 hour.
Sift all dry ingredients together
into
a
medium
bowl.
Add orange rind.
Add butter and
shortening
and work them into flour mixture thoroughly. Lightly
mix
in
sour
cream with fork to form a soft dough. Roll
dough
out
onto
lightly floured board, 3/4-inch thick. Cut
into
4-inches,
4
circles.
Place
on
ungreased baking sheet,
bake
at
400\u00b0 about 20 minutes or until golden. While still
warm, use fork and split cakes in half, place each on dessert
plate,
top with drained berries and second half of cake. Top
with
additional berries.
Pour juice on top, decorate with whipped cream and berries.
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